Professor of Biology, Director of Sustainability Studies

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Richard Niesenbaum is a professor of biology and director of the sustainability studies program at Muhlenberg College. He oversees the academic sustainability efforts on campus, including managing the sustainability studies major and minor, and works to grow faculty engagement within the sustainability curriculum. He is also the current director of the College's RJ Fellow honors program. Niesenbaum earned his Ph.D. in biology/ecology from the University of Pennsylvania, his master's in biological oceanography from the University of Connecticut and his bachelor's in biology and environmental studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Natalie Sobrinski

Sustainability Specialist
Address Muhlenberg College Office of Campus Sustainability 2400 Chew Street Allentown, PA 18104